Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Sneak Peek at Cohousing Website

[Muriel Kranowski (murielk]

At 08:48 PM 1/28/2008, Lynn Nadeau wrote:
> The whole site is visually difficult to read, for me. (And I have good
> eyesight.) White print on dark backgrounds, or even on not-very-dark
> backgrounds, small print, even some of the dark print not really dark, but
> medium blue. Even the "black" looks somewhat pale, whether in color or
> because of the font. Orange and green and blue and gray may make a fashion
> statement, but legibility is really important: if it's challenging to "see",
> even unconsciously, it affects the reader in a negative way. We want our
> readers to be happy and want to read more!

Craig,

The site looks attractive, but I agree with Lynn: readability is critically 
important, especially since so much of the site is of necessity text-based. 
Please do not sacrifice readability for style!  White text on a colored 
background will usually cause me to exit a website very quickly.

  Muriel at Shadowlake Village